First home buyer slump: Call to better understand the impact on Australia’s future.

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The latest edition of the Adelaide Bank/REIA Housing Affordability Report  shows that the proportion of median weekly family income required to meet home loan repayments for the December 2013 Quarter... Read more continue reading

Australian economy picks up pace

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National accounts Another quarter of growth: The record-breaking economic expansion is in its 23rd year. The Australian economy grew by 0.8 per cent in the December quarter after a 0.6 per cent... Read more continue reading

Building approvals at record highs

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Dwelling approvals; Balance of Payments; Government Finance Dwelling approvals soar: Dwelling approvals rose by 6.8 per cent in January. Approvals are up 34.6 per cent over the year. Approvals rose to... Read more continue reading

Centrepoint returns to profit

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Centrepoint Alliance Limited (Centrepoint) has reported pre-tax profit of $2.2m, up 229% on the prior corresponding period with overall revenues increasing by 2% to $27.4m. The Premium Funding division had... Read more continue reading

Blue Sky opens Melbourne office

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Blue Sky Alternative Investments Limited  has opened a new Melbourne office to build on the company’s continued growth in assets under management and investor demand. Laz Siapantas has been appointed as Blue Sky’s... Read more continue reading

Assessing risk: low probability, high impact events

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Risk is a word that generally tends to be thought of in a negative light. However, in the investment world risk is a necessary part of investing and cannot be... Read more continue reading

A comment on Ukraine

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Worries about Ukraine have adversely affected share markets yesterday (US S&P futures -0.8%, ASX 200 -0.5%,). The Ukrainian economy is too small and its problems too specific to have a... Read more continue reading

AMP Chairman Peter Mason to retire after a decade of service Simon McKeon to become Chairman

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AMP Limited yesterday announced that Mr Peter Mason AM will retire from the AMP Limited Board, after eight years as Chairman and more than 10 years as a Director, at... Read more continue reading

Nikko Asset Management Wins Asia Pacific Equity ETF Management Firm award for fourth year in the last five

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Nikko Asset Management (Nikko AM), a related entity of Tyndall Investment Management Limited (Tyndall AM), has been named the Best Asia Pacific Equity ETF Manager at the 2014 ETF Express Awards, the... Read more continue reading

The Federal Reserve is many things

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Ben Bernanke on January 28 and 29 presided over his last policy-setting meeting as chairman of the Federal Reserve, before leaving the central bank two days later. As expected, the... Read more continue reading